Title: Problem changing users when commenting
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Problem changing users when commenting

 *  [dd0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dd0/)
 * (@dd0)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-changing-users-when-commenting/)
 * I have comments enabled without registration and I’m having an error when someone
   returns to post. If they want to post under a different handle the option (change)
   isn’t working. I was wondering if anyone knew a simple way to fix this.
 * Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [dd0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dd0/)
 * (@dd0)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-changing-users-when-commenting/#post-661743)
 * This is what the link directs to:
 * javascript: ShowUtils();
 *  721713
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-changing-users-when-commenting/#post-662190)
 * I have the same problem in my blog. The link points to a script named ShowUtils();
   which I can’t find. Using Google I can see that some sites have the script in
   their source. Where does it come from and where does it belong in the WordPress
   directory hierarchy? Should there be a tag in the header linking to an external
   script file somewhere? Thanks in advance for any insights you may have on this.
 *  721713
 * [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-changing-users-when-commenting/#post-662191)
 * Hey dd0,
 * I kept poking around the web for an answer, and found a page that explained how
   to get that javascript to work.
 * In my case, I just added the following to comments.php right after the line that
   has the code for the comment headline, usually “Leave a reply”:
 * <script>
    function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.
   display = “”; document.getElementById(“showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.
   getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.
   getElementById(“authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(“
   showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(“hideinfo”).style.display
   = “none”; } </script>
 * Your comments.php file may have everything else it needs to make this work. If
   it still does not work, check out this page for a detailed explanation of the
   code that needs to be in the comments.php file for this script to work correctly:
 * [http://www.coldforged.org/archives/2005/01/14/welcome-back-dude/](http://www.coldforged.org/archives/2005/01/14/welcome-back-dude/)
 * Hope this is helpful to you. It was very helpful to me!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: 721713
 * Last activity: [17 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-changing-users-when-commenting/#post-662191)
 * Status: not resolved

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